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ireful
adjective · 14th centuryThe quintessential word for when you need to be furious without using a vulgarity.
Filled with or showing intense, concentrated anger.
In the wild
“The manager sent an ireful email to the department after the project deadline was missed.”
Origin
From Middle English ire, rooted in the Latin ira, appearing in records as early as the 1300s.
Sources·Middle English Dictionary/Oxford English Dictionary
Etymologist commentary·Anatoly Liberman, The Oxford Etymologist
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